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were seriously injured on July 18, 2024.

The second charge concerns the killings of Mahin Mia and Md Rony and the serious injury of several protesters on the same day.

The third charge relates to the killing of six people, including Al Shahriar Hossain alias Rokon, on July 19. The prosecution also alleged that at least eight people, including Md Nahid Hasan, were seriously injured in an attempt to kill them.

Speaking to journalists yesterday, Chief Prosecutor Md Aminul Islam cited part of a conversation allegedly held on the evening of July 18, 2024, between the then prime minister and Taposh, the then mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation.

“Now I have given direct instructions; now they will use lethal weapons. Wherever they [state forces] find them [protesters], they will shoot directly,” Hasina allegedly said, to which Taposh responded, “Yes, yes.”